Save The Bay introduced Monday that the Hamilton Household Charitable Belief has generously contributed $1.5 million to the nonprofit group’s efforts to relocate its small aquarium on Easton’s Seashore to a bigger location at downtown Newport’s Gateway Middle. In honor of the donation, the family-friendly vacation spot shall be named “Save The Bay’s Hamilton Household Aquarium.”

S Matthews V. Hamilton, Jr., board chair of the Hamilton Household Charitable Belief and the newly organized Hamilton Household Aquidneck Island Fund, funded by the 2022 sale of Swiss Village Farm, mentioned in a press release, “The Hamilton Household Charitable Belief is happy to be a part of the aquarium’s transfer to Newport’s Gateway Middle, and we look ahead to seeing households uncover stunning Narragansett Bay on the new Hamilton Household Aquarium. We hope to pique the curiosity of holiday makers of all ages as they find out about defending our stunning Bay, and we encourage different Newport County residents to hitch us in supporting this important addition to civic life within the metropolis.”

“Since 2006, our Exploration Middle and Aquarium has impressed 1000’s of scholars of all ages by hands-on environmental schooling,” mentioned Save The Bay Government Director Jonathan Stone in a press release. “We’re thrilled to have the assist of the Hamilton Household Charitable Belief as we broaden these choices at our new location. Save The Bay’s Hamilton Household Aquarium will function a neighborhood useful resource and have interaction residents and guests alike in our mission to guard and enhance Narragansett Bay.”